Who's your pick to be Alabama's MVP in 2014?

TUSCALOOSA, Alabama -- This might just be the toughest question we've asked during the buildup to Alabama's season opener against West Virginia.

"MVP" is an acronym, of course, and it stands for "most valuable player," but it can mean something different to each individual person. Some view it, simply, as the best overall player. Others look at it as the "most important" player in terms of his impact toward the team's success. There are also those who classify it as the "toughest to replace" in the event of an injury.

That's why we provided a number of options. This Alabama team has its typical array of star power, but there isn't a slam dunk candidate. We're confident back-to-back MVP winner (as voted on by his Alabama teammates) C.J. Mosley wouldn't have collected a vast majority of votes if we posed this question at this time last year.

Six of the eight we listed made the media's preseason all-SEC first team. The other three (technically four because we combined quarterbacks Blake Sims and Jacob Coker into one choice) are poised for breakout seasons after not seeing the field all that much in 2013.